The Declaration of Independence (1938)
1938 · 0h 17m · History, Drama
Genres: History, Drama
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
Director: Crane Wilbur
Writers: Charles L. Tedford
Music by: Howard Jackson
Cinematography: W. Howard Greene
Editor: Everett Dodd
Cast
John Litel as Thomas JeffersonTed Osborne as Caesar RodneyRosella Towne as Betsy KramerRichard Bond as Thomas Lynch Jr.Owen King as Edward RutledgeLionel Belmore as The Innkeeper (uncredited)Sidney Bracey as Congress Clerk (uncredited)Tom Chatterton as Richard Henry Lee (uncredited)Hal Craig as Man Shooting at Rodney (uncredited)Henry Hall as John Hancock (uncredited)John Harron as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)Boyd Irwin as Thomas McKean (uncredited)More like this
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